Making a wiki page is pretty easy. First, just click on the EDIT button on the upper right, over to the far right, a little further, up here^
However, when you first click your name and get the empty page, you'll see this:
Just click the blue "edit button" link. Once you add something, this blue bar won't show up again.
So, when you go to your page , just click that link.
Once you're in EDIT mode, you'll see this toolbar:
It pretty much works just like Microsoft Word does. Here's what they do from left to right:
Bold
Italics
Underline
Color/Style (don't mess with)
Headings (don't mess with)
List by numbers
List by bullets
Create a break line in your wikipage
Create a hyperlink
Delete the hyperlink
Insert an image
Inset cool HTML codes (which allowed the YouTube video on the other page )
Tables
Special Characters (don't use)
Insert code (don't use)
The most important button is SAVE. In a wiki, you cannot lose your work. If this just shut down for some reason, once you log back into the site to edit it, it will ask if you want to reload the previous version. Say YES and all your work comes back like magic. If someone vandalizes your page, click the history tab and your perfect page will be sitting there ready for you to use.
I'd recommend though that you always save when exiting EDIT mode. Do not do PREVIEW because sometimes you'll forget, not save it, get the reload message, and get worried that you did something wrong (which, well, you kind of did). But, wikispaces is helpful.
One thing to know though, when you're in edit mode and you insert a HTML code or a picture in TEXT EDITOR, you probably won't see it until you click save and see it for real, so don't panic if you get a weird grey box.
However, when you first click your name and get the empty page, you'll see this:
Just click the blue "edit button" link. Once you add something, this blue bar won't show up again.
So, when you go to your page , just click that link.
Once you're in EDIT mode, you'll see this toolbar:
It pretty much works just like Microsoft Word does. Here's what they do from left to right:
The most important button is SAVE. In a wiki, you cannot lose your work. If this just shut down for some reason, once you log back into the site to edit it, it will ask if you want to reload the previous version. Say YES and all your work comes back like magic. If someone vandalizes your page, click the history tab and your perfect page will be sitting there ready for you to use.
I'd recommend though that you always save when exiting EDIT mode. Do not do PREVIEW because sometimes you'll forget, not save it, get the reload message, and get worried that you did something wrong (which, well, you kind of did). But, wikispaces is helpful.
One thing to know though, when you're in edit mode and you insert a HTML code or a picture in TEXT EDITOR, you probably won't see it until you click save and see it for real, so don't panic if you get a weird grey box.
A Helpful PowerPoint.